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Grade 10Thermal Physics

The scale of mercury thermometer is graduated in milimeters. It reads 106mm and 108.6 mm at two standard fixed points. What reading will this thermometer give in a liquid of temperature 72°F?????

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12 Years agoGrade 10
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Profile image of neeraj agarwal
12 Years ago
let x is the reading ..... x - 106 / 108.6 - 106 = 72- 32 / 212 - 32 x - 106 / 2.6 = 40 / 180 x - 106 = 2 / 9 * 2.6 x= 106.578